Interfering-boot for horses



(No Model.)

A.D..HEADLEY.

INTERFERING BOOT FOR HORSES.

-No. 309,947. Patented Dec. 30, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW D. HEADLEY, or BLADENSBURG, MARYLAND.

- lNTERFERlNG-BOOT FOR HORSES.

EBPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,947, dated December 30, 1884. Application filed November 1, 1884. (No model.)

2'0 all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW D. HEADLE Y, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Bladensburg, in the county of Prince Georges and State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Horse or Interfering Boot, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is applied on horses, mules, and oxen to prevent that fault known as cut tin Figure 1 in the accompanying drawings indicates the manner in which the boot is worn, though it can be worn on either leg and at any point from the arm to the hoof. Fig. 2 shows the entire boot,with a portion cut away to indicate the plan of its construction.

My invention consists of two or more rubber rings, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and marked A B; They are kept in an oblate-spheroid position by means of wires D D passing through and completely filling the center of each ring, and passing through eyes F F of the axles E E, made of wire. The rings A B are coupled by six or more rubber rollers, 0, from one to two inches long, which revolve, when struck, around the axles E E.

The boots made up of the rings A B have the larger one, B, at the bottom,and the upper ones relatively smaller in circumference to fit the leg, and each ring to be coupled byasuitable fastening, G G, which is made of such circumference as will allow it to rest upon the joint or hoof upon which it is worn,and never to slip or fall below. The first ring and others above B are gradually lessened in circumference, so as to fit the slope of the leg,as shown in Fig. 1. These rings are fastened by leather straps with buckles or clasps G G, which straps are sewed with copper wire laterally to the end of each ring.

' I claim as my invention 1. An improved interfering horse-boot made up of wire rings covered with rubber or other compound, with the lower one, B, larger,and the others, A, reduced relatively in circumference to fit the leg, each ring passing through the eyes F F of the axles E E.

2. An interfering-boot forhorses,consisting of the rubber-covered rings, the upper rings being relatively smaller in circumference than the lower one, and connected by wires which form axles for rubber rollers, all substantially as set forth.

3. An interfering-boot for horses, consisting of rubber-covered wire rings of relatively different sizes, connected by cross-Wires which support independent rolls, and having suitable strap-fastenings, all as substantially set forth.

Witness myhand October, A. D. 1884.

ANDREW D. HEADLEY. n s.]

and seal this 29th day of 60 

